56 SAPOTACE,E. ArdUia. 



173. Ardisia Pickeringia, Nutt. 

 Marl-berry. Cherry. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Mosquito Inlet to the southern keys, west 

 coast, Caloosa River to Cape Romano ; in the West Indies and southern 

 Mexico. 



A small tree, sometimes 8 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 0.15 

 metre in diameter, or often a shrub ; reaching its greatest development, in 

 Florida, on the shores of Bay Biscayne. 



Wood heavy, hard, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a beau- 

 tiful polish ; medullary rays very numerous, conspicuous ; color rich 

 brown, beautifully marked with the darker medullary rays, the sap-wood 

 a little lighter. 



174. Jacquinia armillaris, Jacq. 

 Joe-wood. 



Southern keys of semi-tropical Florida, rare ; through the West Indies 

 to Brazil. 



A low, rigid tree, rarely exceeding in Florida 4 metres in height, with a 

 trunk sometimes 0.15 metre in diameter ; in the West Indies much larger. 



Wood heavy, hard, coarse-grained, checking and shrinking badly in 

 drying, containing many scattered large open duets ; medullary rays nu- 

 merous broad, conspicuous ; color light clear brown tinged with yellow. 



The saponaceous leaves are sometimes used as a substitute for soap. 



SAPOTACEuE. 



175. Chrysophyllum oliviforme, Lam. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Cape Canaveral to the southern keys, west 

 coast, Caloosa Kiver to Cape Sable ; rare ; through the West Indies to 

 Brazil. 



A small tree, sometimes 9 metres in height, with a trunk 0.25 to 0.30 

 metre in diameter. 



Wood very heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, checking in drying ; 

 medullary ravs numerous, not conspicuous ; color light brown shaded 

 with red. the thin sap-wood a little lighter. 



176. Sideroxylon Mastichodendron, Jacq. 

 Mastic. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Cape Canaveral to the southern keys, west 

 coast. Cape Romano to Cape Sable ; in the West Indies. 



A tree often 18 metres in height, with a trunk O.fiO to 0.90 metre in 

 diameter ; the largest and most valuable tree of semi-tropical Florida ; 

 common. 



